HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1105

be abolished or new classification established without the pre-
vious approval of the Board of Public Works.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no State depart-
ment, board, commission, officer, institution, or other agency,
shall exceed the amount of its appropriation made herein, ex-
cept in the manner and to the extent for which provision is
made in Section 12 hereof. If any such State department,
board, commission, officer, institution or other agency shall
otherwise exceed the amount of its appropriation there shall
be no reimbursement of such excess nor shall there be any
liability or obligation upon the State to make any appropria-
tion hereafter to meet such deficit, and the officer or members
of such board, commission, department or agency, or of the
governing body of such State institution who have made any
such excessive expenditures, shall, in the discretion of the
Governor, be deemed guilty of neglect of official duty and
shall be the subject to removal therefor.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the items and
amounts which are hereafter set out to show the methods of
making up any appropriation do not constitute appropria-
tions, but represent the initial plan of disbursement and ap-
portionment of the appropriations of which they are part.
Each appropriation shall be paid out only in accordance with
the schedule therefor, if any, unless such schedule be amended
within the limits of such appropriation in the following
manner:

The Senate of Maryland of the General Assembly of 1937
may by resolution provide for or authorize the amendment of
its schedule.

The House of Delegates of the General Assembly of 1937
may by resolution provide for or authorize the amendment of
its schedule.

The Governor may himself make an amended schedule, if
the same be necessary, with respect to the appropriations for
the Executive Department, and upon its transmission to the
Comptroller the appropriation for such department shall be
paid out in accordance with such amended schedule.

Any department, board, commission, institution or officer
except the State Roads Commission may at any time submit
in writing to the Governor an amended schedule for the dis-
bursement and apportionment of the appropriations made to
it or him. If the Governor shall approve such amended
schedule he shall transmit the same, with his certificate of
approval, to the Comptroller and thereafter such appropria-
tion shall be paid out in accordance with said amended
schedule. Any such amended schedule so submitted to the
Governor may be withdrawn at any time before the Governor
has acted thereon. Any amended schedule approved by the